The woman who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 2018, when he was still a nominee, is releasing a memoir about her experiences during the nomination hearing.
Christine Blasey Ford shared in a statement that her upcoming memoir, “One Way Back,” will have “riveting new details about the lead up” to her testimony before the Senate and the aftermath, which she described as “overwhelming.”
Balsey Ford says that the book will delve into the events after her testimony, which included her receiving death threats and trying to navigate life after being thrust into the public light.
Still, the book will also detail how “people unknown to her around the world restored her faith in humanity,” according to the statement.
In September 2018, Blasey Ford testified that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party while drunk several decades ago.
Blasey Ford said in her testimony that Kavanaugh held her on a bed and tried to remove her clothes while covering her mouth with her hand.
“I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help. When I did, Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming,” she said in 2018 while under sworn testimony.
Then, she alleged that a friend of Kavanaugh jumped on the bed, giving her a chance to escape.
Blasey Ford told senators how the memory of the event made a lasting impact on her, but she could not recount the date or specific location of the alleged assault. She was also unable to bring forth corroborating witnesses who could verify her allegations.
“Brett’s assault on me drastically altered my life. For a very long time, I was too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone the details,” she said.
Kavanaugh called the hearing a “circus, a “calculated and orchestrated political hit,” and revenge for the Clintons.
He was eventually confirmed to his spot on the Supreme Court in a 50-48 vote.
Since her testimony, Ford has remained out of the public eye, but in her memoir announcement, she said she “never thought of myself as a survivor, a whistleblower, or an activist before the events in 2018.”
“But now, what I and this book can offer is a call to all the other people who might not have chosen those roles for themselves, but who choose to do what’s right. Sometimes you don’t speak out because you are a natural disrupter,” she said. “You do it to cause a ripple that might one day become a wave.”